ᐅ Floor Plans for Urban Villa with Garage and Office Extension

Created on: 26 Nov 2016 21:19
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martinkl
Dear forum members,

For us, things are now gradually getting "serious."
The plans for submitting the building permit / planning permission application are basically finalized.
The goal was to create an "affordable" city villa with a garage and an office featuring a separate entrance due to occasional client visits.
What do you think?
What positives and negatives do you see in the floor plan?

Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 925 sqm (10,000 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio
Building coverage ratio
Building line and boundaries: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, about 4 m (13 ft) clear on left and right sides
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors
Roof shape
Architectural style: no development plan
Orientation
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements

Homeowner requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type – city villa with garage / office extension
Basement, floors: 2 floors without basement
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children aged 7 years and "in planning";)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office with current client visits
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1 parking space garage, 1 parking space carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine

House design
Who designed the plans:
– Planner from a construction company
– Architect: yes
– Do-it-yourself by you together with the architect
What do you particularly like? Separate entrance for second office
What do you dislike? The continuous exterior wall facing the garden (garage and office not offset at all)
The shower in the bathroom needs to be "longer," since it should be walk-in without a door
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 300,000 € (about 300 T €) plus additional construction costs and architect fees
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 300,000 € (about 300 T €) plus additional costs
Preferred heating system: gas, solar, fireplace

If you have to give up something, which details / extensions
– Could you do without:
– Could you not do without:
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Marvinius
27 Nov 2016 11:50
Hello,

do you really need an additional study room on the upper floor besides the office area? Otherwise, you could designate this study as the bathroom and turn the current bathroom into a dressing room....
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Marvinius
27 Nov 2016 12:09
The kitchen is too far from the entrance. This results in long carrying distances after shopping.....
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ypg
27 Nov 2016 22:09
@martinkl
Will the site plan be provided soon? 🙂

Regards
Climbee28 Nov 2016 10:12
The site plan would also be interesting regarding parking spaces. So far, I only see space for one car in the garage.
How many parking spaces do you need to provide? Especially if a dedicated office with client visits is planned?

In our area, the requirement is two parking spaces per single-family house, while some municipalities accept 1.5 parking spaces. However, if an office with customer traffic is planned, the requirements can be even higher.

Also, I agree with the previous commenters: I really don’t like the hallway on the ground floor. It already starts with the entrance area: that short wall between the main entrance and the stairs to the office. It will be tight and not very practical. It would be better to plan a shared, larger entrance and, if necessary, separate the office stairway with frosted (or milk) glass. This will avoid wasting space on an additional door between the staircase and the entrance area. At least, do without this connection door; you can enter the house directly upstairs, and the clients don’t have to.

I don’t necessarily find the living room too small or narrow. It depends on what you plan to do there. We really just sit on the couch, read, or watch TV. I don’t need much space for that. Space for children to play is in front of the stove (although I belong to the older generation that thinks kids should have their own playroom and the living room shouldn’t always be turned into a toy storage area... but that’s another topic).

But the narrow hallway with the hidden stairs—I don’t like that at all. It can definitely be designed better, so that a “living feeling” arises right at the entrance. This reminds me more of long corridors in a prison. It will also be dark there.
Maybe skip the “cloakroom” and make the stairs open, as mentioned before, remove the door to the office stairs, and completely redesign the entrance area.
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ypg
29 Nov 2016 12:59
RobsonMKK schrieb:
Please upload as a JPEG

Done as a PNG 🙂

Floor plan of a single-family house with garage, stairs, and living areas

Sketch of two house elevations: north and south with windows and doors

Architectural drawing: east and west elevations of a house with windows and doors.

2D floor plan of the upper floor of a house with rooms, stairs, and doors
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sauerpeter
29 Nov 2016 13:14
ypg schrieb:

The bathroom is nicely tidy, and so is the kitchen.
What do you mean by that?